John O'Leary

John O'Leary (23 July 1830-16 March 1907) was President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from 1891 to 16 March 1907, succeeding John O'Connor Power and preceding Neal O'Boyle.

Biography
John O'Leary was born in Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland on 23 July 1830, and he met James Stephens in 1846 and was recruited into the Young Irelander movement. After the failure of the 1848 Young Irelander Rebellion, he attempted to launch several other abortive uprisings. In 1858, he became financial manager of the newly-formed Irish Republican Brotherhood, and he also became joint editor of The Irish People. In 1865, he was arrested on charges of high treason, but he was released and exiled in January 1871. He remained an active IRB leader in Paris and the United States, and he returned in 1885 and became President of the IRB in 1891. O'Leary was opposed to Irish republicanism, parliamentary action, and isolated acts of Fenian violence, instead supporting a constitutional monarchy and organized revolutions. He died in 1907, and Neal O'Boyle succeeded him as IRB president.